Blockhead - Farewell, Spaceman (pt. 1) lyrics

[Verse 1: AMS] In the beginning, sacred 9 circle in heavenly reverence/ Civilized apes with motor sk**s, adjusting to their elements/ Billion years of evolution, this planet isn't enough/ Innovation as side-effect of war, horse power to rocket thrust/ Theory and blackboards erased, conquer fears and expand/ Treaties and tardy planning, water science down for understanding/ We ogled God's canvas, with our hourgla** sifting/ And spent arrogant years to find the conquest we were missing/ In a flurry of math and training, I was born/ Of the hype of integrals and satellites, blueprints praised and scorned/ A ma** of imaginary numbers, PHD degrees and blunders/ If's, Maybe's, and I Wonder's, all of which gravity encumbered/ Graduated top of cla**, with goals of escape velocity/ Scrap social life for climbing ranks, to sate my curiosity/ I wear my standards proud, press statements in check/ Sponsored by politicians and policy, patriotism and flight tests/ Barely the person my parents remember from home/ Heavy accolades overshadow the back-in-the-day, as the now stands alone/ Mission named in optimism by a process I'm not involved in/ Expecting my trust with test crafts that I test all too often/ Blast clear to stratosphere with the press people gawking/ Smooth landing under stress, then autograph hawking/ Every meter worth of data matters, personal meaning shattered/ Heed the logic and reason in g-force breezes, can't breathe easy after/ Trying to inject focus in a roundtable of blurred vision/ The subterfuge of ballistics, and roadblocks that deserve hittin'/ Strike anywhere but the gentle topics present/ Know your place and stay there, never knowing what you're representing/ The fateful day arrives, covert nationalism/ Space-age bureaucracy broadcast for millions who believe it's pacifism/ And there I sat, securely strapped, reflections far from crystal clear/ As science took my breath away, pushing me beyond the stratosphere/ (I'M GONE)//